7(1)Subject to the provisions of this Act—U.K.
(a)the Trustees shall discharge their functions in accordance with such arrangements as they may determine; and
(b)those arrangements may provide for any function to be discharged under the general direction of the Trustees by a committee or committees consisting of three or more trustees.
(2)Anything done by a committee under the arrangements shall, if the arrangements so provide, have effect as if done by the Trustees.
(3)The validity of any proceedings of the Trustees shall not be affected by any vacancy among the trustees or by any defect in the appointment of a trustee.
(4)The arrangements made under this paragraph may include provisions specifying a quorum for meetings of the Trustees and any committee; and until a quorum is so specified in relation to meetings of the Trustees the quorum for such meetings shall be such as may be determined by [F1the Secretary of State].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(4) substituted (3. 7. 1992) by S.I. 1992/1311, art. 12(2), Sch. 2 para. 5(2)(a).